Essential Books and Recommended Reading

Essential Books

Natural Health

Welcome to my natural health collection. On this page you will find links to
books I recommend, which you can purchase directly from Fishpond online
bookstore in New Zealand and Australia, or from Amazon in North America.

In my experience, once on these sites it pays to search for other copies of the same book, to help you find the best deal.

Toni Jeffreys - Your Health at Risk

This one is the perfect thing for those social occasions when you're stuck for conversation: "Did you know that margarine has caused more coronaries than it has prevented...?"
It also makes a great gift. Jeffreys reveals suppressed truths left, right and
centre and the best thing about it is that they are all credibly referenced from orthodox
medical journals and research - oh, the irony. MSG, sugar, aspartame, fats, heart bypasses,
nicotine, prozac, the bra, golf, mobile phones, immunisation, root canals, the
list of topics is huge. This kind of book excites me because it can reach so
many people.

Toni Jeffereys - Cancer Conspiracy: What You Must Know about the Worst Plague in Human History

Toni Jeffereys' Your Health At Risk was awesome. She pulls out scientific
research, mostly from orthodox medical journals, to turn everything your
doctor has been telling you on its head. The last 20 pages of this 300-odd
page book are just the references! It's unfortunately not a pretty picture,
especially if you know someone who has not survived cancer and so you could
find the book making you quite angry. But on the other hand, for the great
many who actually may be able to overcome it, this book could be what you're
looking for.

This is one of my most frequently referenced books (probably in my top 3)
when it comes to treating my own family. Kids respond so brilliantly to
aromatherapy - colds, fevers, worms, indigestion, colic, etc. Worwood
references handy remedies and essential oil recipes for hundreds of
conditions. I've never known any remedy I've tried from her book to fail.

If you really want to understand homeopathy you have to start here.
While large tracts of this book are extremely intellectual there are
some incredibly profound insights into the true homeopathic principle.
Cool water for a burn? Not according to Hahnemann. You may not believe
his recommendation but I have found it to work, especially when you
understand that pain is not always a bad thing.

I first read this not long after starting in Body Electronics and had the
fortune of seeing Dr Cabot speak in person the same year. It speaks very
simply and plainly and gives practical suggestions to achieve the outcome
of a happy liver. By the way, if you don't have access to a specific
herbal formula for you, her Livatone powdered product has worked well for
many I have suggested it to (ideally, of course, in conjunction with the dietary
changes she recommends).

While certainly treating from the outside-in as far as identifying frequencies of
harmful organisms for treatment purposes is concerned, Hulda Clark yet provides
many useful insights into environmental dangers and the avoidance of toxins.

Robert O Becker - The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life

This is one of those "I wish I didn't know about that" topics. Once you understand
the effects of electric and magnetic fields from power lines, alarm clocks, TVs,
electric blankets, you'll realise you're surrounded on all sides. I use a few
field measurement devices and it's truly amazing what you find just walking
around your house. The good news is there's lots of things you can do to make
your home safer, starting with your bedroom as the first priority. The fact is
we are electric beings, so why wouldn't we be affected by external fields?

What a humbling experience, reading this gem. Bach was a very successful Harley
Street doctor who chucked it all in to find deeper levels of helping people with
the Bach Flower Remedies, as they later became known. This book reveals his
remarkable insights and spiritual nature that we can all learn from. You may never
use Bach Flower Remedies, but you have to read this book.

B C Wolverton - How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants That Purify Your Home or Office

Essential reading for creating a happy and safe home - from the humble Peace Lily to the
stunning Poinsetia, houseplants can purify our air of all sorts of toxic
chemicals such as formaldehyde, as well as being emotionally uplifting.

This is one of the great classics of natural health reading and encourages
one back to a more in-touch-with-nature approach to all illness. Around 50 years old now, it's one of those books that just gets reprinted
and reprinted because it's so simple and practical. Jarvis uses traditional
round-the-home remedies like honey and cider vinegar for all sorts of common
ailments - you could too.

Everything from cancer cures to cars that run on water, signs of intelligent life
on Mars to free energy machines. This book is a real eye opener and
illustrates how much resistance there can be to new ideas when egos and
profit get in the way.

I was hoping to find "Oxygen Therapies" by McCabe, but this one is probably close
enough. Here is a man who has been persecuted for his beliefs to the n'th degree but is trying to
bring out the truth anyway.

This little book has been republished and slightly altered a number of times
over the last few decades. Instruction in these 5 simple exercises (the
Five Tibetan Rites) was
part-and-parcel of every Body Electronics Instructor's Seminar in the
'90's and surely of interest to anyone interested in longevity.

I have one book by Melvin Page, "Degeneration Regeneration." Page is quite a
technical writer, being a biochemist and dentist but some of the things he has
thought of measuring demonstrate just how easily our body's chemistry is swayed
by our diet. Page realised that diet affected teeth because diet affects the
whole body, the teeth therefore being a barometer of your overall health. Want
to know how to balance your blood and save more than just your teeth? Read the book.

I've read lots of Steiner books. They're deep and insightful, although often
require a great deal of concentration and pondering. Well worth the
effort in this case. As you may already know, Biodynamic organic farming
is founded on Steiner's principles.

You may be wondering if I read many books at all...Sprouting is a survival skill and
produces some of the cheapest, best tasting, vital and nutritious foods you can
get. Even the least green-fingered of us can sprout successfully.

I was fortunate to be awarded this book for winning top honours in my
graduating class at naturopathic college. It's a weighty tome citing nothing
but scientific research backing up the efficacy of herbal remedies. Perfect
for those who prefer an "evidence-based" approach.

Now this is a real technical book, really designed for herbalists and
naturopathic students who are right into their pharmacology. This is no
Mills and Boon (even though the authors' names look strikingly similar), but
if you have a passion for herbs, you may love this book. And yes, also from
my wife's collection.

Cleverly illustrated, this book is rather useful for anyone who wants to
understand the muscle and joint actions that occur in each posture and how
to best work with the breath in that posture. Also, we know in
Body Electronics that each muscle has a
reflex action back to various organs and glands and here we have a book that
shows exactly which muscle is being worked and in what way by each asana.
This would help identify the yoga necessary to work on, based on other
symptoms being experienced. I'd call that valuable and essential!

Even though few reflexology books and foot charts are in 100% agreement with
Dr Ray's findings in Body Electronics, I've included this book to
provide a wider picture of health, particularly as it incorporates
Chinese energetic acupuncture wisdom.

Mark Mayer - Calcification: The Aging Factor, How to Defuse the Calcium Bomb

I'm pretty excited by this find because the dissolution of calcification is
a major focus of Body Electronics. I will however point out that
calcification is not the prime cause of aging and is itself the effect
of mental and emotional resistances to life and not nutrition or genetic
factors alone.

William Garner Sutherland - Contributions of Thought: The Collected Writings of William Garner Sutherland

Sutherland is the godfather
of cranial osteopathy, an absolute boon to mankind, as a non-invasive
way of restoring a degree of spinal, cranial and general physical
harmony. How can we not be interested in this man's philosophy?

As revolutionary as Sutherland's thinking on the function of the body undoubtedly was in his day (and still today), he owes much of it to Emmanuel Swedenborg, some 200 years earlier. Nonetheless, his brilliance lies in understanding Swedenborg where almost all do not.

Dr Trall was one of the very first Natural Hygiene practitioners. Natural
Hygiene is a very outspoken and no-nonsense natural healing method,
utilising strictly nature-only approaches. Thanks again Kessinger Books.

I haven't read this one either, but after watching a video recently
about their work I believe the Dore Programme has a lot to offer
families with reading, writing, spelling and social skill problems such
as dyslexia. Movement of the body and physical co-ordination is
integrally tied-in with the development of the speech and visual centres
of the brain.

I'd like to hear from someone who has read this. In this age of
scaremongering about sunlight and skin cancer, we may easily be creating
the opposite imbalance of insufficient sunlight. This is not about
"getting a tan" - we need a little sunlight on as much of our body as
possible every day. 15-20 minutes in off-peak periods (i.e. not when the
sun is at its peak) is all that is required. Caution is also advised with supplemental Vitamin D, as it is a very difficult thing to keep natural, with the amount of processing required. My advice is to work sensibly with the sun.

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